Vatican paper's Bond review...
Catholic church mouthpiece devotes five articles to 007 film Skyfall, praising 'beautiful Bond girls' and 'essential vodka martinis'
He is known for the violent retribution he...
Read more…
Disney to buy Star Wars...
Deal will pave way for release of new series of Star Wars feature films from 2015, with George Lucas as creative consultant
Disney has announced its purchase of Lucasfilm, the...
Read more…
Craig set for Clooney's The...
Skyfall star takes role in factual period drama about US and British taskforce charged with recovering art stolen by the Nazis
James Bond star Daniel Craig has joined the cast of...
Read more…
Ron Taylor obituary
Marine conservationist and film-maker who started out by hunting sharks and ended up defending them
Ron Taylor, who has died aged 78, was a great observer and defender of sharks....
Read more…
Scientologist campaign...
Church of Scientology reportedly planning publicity drive to undermine Paul Thomas Anderson film based on L Ron Hubbard
Scientologists have stepped up their campaign against Paul...
Read more…
Two stars for Great...
Rarely has Dickens been such flat fare: the meat and humour are gone, replaced by gristle and a damp-pancake Miss Havisham
Great Expectations isn't just Charles Dickens's best...
Read more…
Felicity Jones and the buzz...
Her new film is about the invention of the vibrator, and there is a YouTube campaign to cast her in Fifty Shades of Grey. Emine Saner meets actor and serial bonnet-wearer Felicity...
Read more…
Benedict Andrews directs...
Cate Blanchett called him 'brutal' and a critic branded him 'my nightmare' – now he's messing with Chekhov. Maddy Costa meets Benedict Andrews, director of Three Sisters
Benedict...
Read more…
How we made The BFG by...
'He could be quite vocal, Roald Dahl, if he didn't like something so it was a real relief he liked our film'
Brian Cosgrove, director
Quentin Blake was...
Read more…
A sound engineer's view on...
We still smash and explode vegetables just like the dorky sound engineer in this film about making a low budget horror flick in the 1970s, says sound engineer Adam Mendez
Many...
Read more…
Jaws shark cameraman Ron...
Australian marine conservationist who filmed underwater shark footage for Spielberg movie dies of cancer, aged 78
Ron Taylor, the Australian marine conservationist who filmed some...
Read more…
Salman Rushdie film courts...
The film of Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children – a love letter to India – has failed to find a distributor in the country
It is an epic portrayal of the country's...
Read more…
Total Recall and The Watch...
In a quiet week Total Recall and The Watch posted respectable figures, but Berberian Sound Studio lost out to The Imposter
The winners
The last weekend of the school...
Read more…
Michael Clarke Duncan obituary
American actor best known for his role as the gentle giant on death row in the 1999 film The Green Mile
Every character actor who has ever been typecast dreams of a role that will...
Read more…
Keith Lemon: The Film – review
Leigh Francis's character seems even more desperate and grim on the big screen
This film deserves to usher in an age of specific cautionary notices on movie posters, such as...
Read more…
Ellen DeGeneres in talks to...
Actor and talk-show host in negotiations to reprise role as friendly but forgetful fish Dory in sequel to 2003 animation
Ellen DeGeneres looks set to reprise her award-winning...
Read more…
Battle of the Year: an...
What better to fill those empty post-Olympic days than a tale of plucky underdogs starring that guy from Lost and Chris Brown?
There is no better time for a sports film to unveil...
Read more…
Warners planning film about...
Roman governor who ordered crucifixion of Jesus Christ is latest biblical figure to be considered for big-screen treatment
Movies based on the lives of Noah, Moses and...
Read more…
Inbetweeners movie sequel...
Co-creator Damon Beesley says he is developing an idea for a follow-up to the 2011 blockbuster
The co-creator of The Inbetweeners, Damon Beesley, has confirmed that there will be...
Read more…
Natalie Wood's death...
Coroner alters document to mention 'undetermined factors' in actor's drowning previously considered an accident
Natalie Wood's death certificate has been changed to reflect some...
Read more…
Haiti's National Palace to...
President's official residence, all but destroyed in 2010 earthquake, will be demolised by Sean Penn charity
Haiti's crumpled National Palace will be torn down, with demolition...
Read more…
Tony Scott's death filmed...
TMZ reportedly viewed, but did not purchase, the video of the director's death as more questions emerge about his motives
Witnesses who filmed and photographed Tony Scott's fatal...
Read more…
